Either/Or, passage 237

"Mah gracious sakes alive!" gasped Sam, "Dat's a reg'lar circus trick--dat's what it am!"

Either/Or, passage 560

"Bress yo' hearts, honeys!" exclaimed the colored cook, "I didn't mean it jest dat way. But suffin's suah gwine t' happen--I feels it in mah bones!"

Either/Or, passage 704

"Guess who are coming to spend Thanksgiving with us!" cried Mamma Bobbsey, as she waved the letter in the air.

Either/Or, passage 93

"No, we wouldn't," declared Flossie, who seemed bound to start a dispute. Perhaps she was so tired that she was fretful.

Either/Or, passage 17

"If we are, I'm going to sit with Flossie--can't I?" asked Freddie, kneeling in the seat so that he could face back to his father and mother.

Either/Or, passage 311

"Oh, Freddie," said the little girl, "let's make Snap do some tricks. See if he will jump over the stream of water from the hose."

Either/Or, passage 455

"Look out, Danny Rugg," said Nan, severely, "or he may jump on you, and knock you down. He wouldn't bite you, though, mean as you are, unless I told him to do so."

Either/Or, passage 940

The man came up the walk with two boxes. One was small, and the other larger, with slats on one end. And from this box came a peculiar noise.

Either/Or, passage 946

"Oh, if only we can keep Snap now," said Nan, while Mrs. Bobbsey, satisfied that the two animals would be friends, had opened the other express box. It contained the twins' silver cup, so long missing.

Either/Or, passage 287

Freddie looked worried, and tears came into his eyes. Bert saw this, and was angry at Danny for being so mean.

Either/Or, passage 5

"No, I'm not tired of the scenery," answered the brown-haired and brown-eyed girl, "but you may sit next the window, Bert, if you like."

Either/Or, passage 862

"Have you any idea what started the fire, Mr. Bobbsey?" asked the chief. "Was the boathouse in use?"

Either/Or, passage 942

"Meouw!" cried Snoop, as he came slowly out of the box in which he had ridden from Cuba.

Either/Or, passage 251

"Oh, I must go and see how dangerous it is," she said to Dinah. "It is too bad to have it happen just after Mr. Bobbsey comes back from his summer vacation."

Either/Or, passage 473

Then came all sorts of games, from tag and jumping rope, to blind-man's bluff and hide-and-seek. Snap was made to do a number of tricks, much to the amusement of the teachers and children. Danny Rugg, and some of the older boys, got up a small baseball game, and then Danny, with one or two chums, went off in a deeper part of the woods. Bert heard one of the boys ask another if he had any matches.

Either/Or, passage 708

For I am sure you would all be writing to me to ask where the Bobbseys lived, so that you might go and see them, and perhaps spend Christmas with them. Not that they would not be glad to have you, but they have so many friends that their house is sure to be filled over the holidays.

Either/Or, passage 258

The fire was, as I have said, a small one, in part of the planing mill. But the engines puffed away, and spurted water, and this pleased Freddie. Flossie stayed close to her mother, and Mrs. Bobbsey, once she found out that the main lumber yard was not in danger, was ready to come back home. But Freddie wanted to stay until the fire was wholly out.

Either/Or, passage 631

He led the way, the others following. As they approached the big, deserted barn Frank Black exclaimed in a whisper:

Either/Or, passage 661

"They must have had spoons with them," said Bert to himself, as he looked about. "That shows they came all prepared to take our ice cream. So they must have known it was going to be here. Well, I'll see whose coat has a button missing."

Either/Or, passage 930

"Papa!" cried Freddie, jumping up and down in his excitement, "can't we keep both--the circus dog and our cat? Oh, do please, let us."

Either/Or, passage 953

And the silver cup, which, with Snoop, had gone on such a long journey, was put back in its place on the mantle, to be admired by all.

Either/Or, passage 96

The work of getting the escaped animals back into their cages was going on rapidly. Some of the passengers went out to watch, but the Bobbseys stayed in their seats, Mr. Bobbsey thinking this best. The catching of the monkeys was the hardest work, but soon even this was accomplished.

Either/Or, passage 587

"Can't Snap sit with us, too?" asked Freddie, looking about for his pet, who had done all his tricks well that evening.

Either/Or, passage 609

"Well, I'm going to have a look, anyhow," said Bert. "Come on, Charley. Maybe, after all, that Danny Rugg is up to some of his tricks."

Either/Or, passage 778

"Come on! Come on!" cried a number of boys and girls, as they heard what went on between Danny and Bert. "There's going to be a race on the big hill between the big bobs."

Either/Or, passage 515

"That will be better than picnics," said Freddie. "I'm going to have a new sled."

Either/Or, passage 541

It was now toward the end of October, and the weather was getting cooler, though during the day it was still very warm at times. The twins, as did their friends, looked forward to the coming of Winter and the Christmas holidays.

Either/Or, passage 439

"Yes," added Nan, "the minister and his wife are coming, and mamma's cooking a lot of things."

Either/Or, passage 887

Mr. Rugg went to his son's room. A search showed a number of empty cigarette boxes, and cigarette pictures, and the boxes were all of the same kind--the kind that had been found in the half-burned boathouse.

Either/Or, passage 434

"Oh, we'll have a lovely time!" cried Freddie, dancing about on his little fat legs.

Either/Or, passage 597

"No'm, but dat ice cream freezer hab jest gone and walked right off de back stoop, an' it ain't dere at all, nohow! De ice cream is all gone!"

Either/Or, passage 606

"Yes'm, dat's what I done mean. Or else maybe we kin send mah man Sam down to de Station house fo' 'em."

Either/Or, passage 457

"I won't," said Nan, looking about anxiously for Bert. She saw him coming back, and felt better. By this time Danny had found a club, and was coming back to where Flossie, Freddie and Nan, with some of their friends, were walking along, Snap in their midst.

Either/Or, passage 695

But I am glad to say that all of the Bobbsey twins were promoted, and Freddie and Flossie came home very proud to tell that when they went back again, after the Thanksgiving holidays, they would be in the primer reading book.

Either/Or, passage 542

Thanksgiving, too, would be a time of rejoicing and of good things to eat, and this occasion was to be made more of than usual this time, for some boys and girls the Bobbseys had met in the country and at the seashore were to be invited to spend a few days in Lakeport.

Either/Or, passage 152

Instantly the dog stood up on his hind legs and began marching about in a circle on the path.

Either/Or, passage 800

But he was glad too soon, for, a little later, Danny's sled shot ahead, and for some distance was in the lead.

Either/Or, passage 151

The animal barked louder now, and a moment later he came into sight on a moonlit part of the path. The children could see that it was a big, shaggy white dog, who wagged his tail in greeting as he walked up to them.

Either/Or, passage 229

"All right," spoke Freddie "Now, Snap, lie down and roll over!" he called. At once the fine animal did so, and then sprang up with a bark, and a wag of his tail, as much as to ask:

Either/Or, passage 591

"Here, Dinah!" called Freddie to the cook, as he piled a plate full of cakes. "Please give these to Snap."

Either/Or, passage 638

Of course this was all said for effect, as the boys had no idea of trying to capture the tramps, or whoever it was that had taken the ice cream. But Bert thought that they could scare the thieves away, for the latter could not tell, in the darkness, how many, nor who were after them.

Either/Or, passage 718

"We don't know where Snoop is," went on Freddie, "'cause he got away at the time of the circus wreck," and he explained about it. "But we are almost sure the circus fat lady has our cup."

Either/Or, passage 179

"But maybe they didn't treat him kindly, and he is looking for a new one," suggested Nan, hopefully.

Either/Or, passage 472

"So am I," said Freddie. So Nan and Bert decided that the little ones might at least have a sandwich and a piece of cake. Nor did they forget the two little Jones children, who had no lunch. The Bobbseys were well provided and soon Sammie and Julia were smiling and happy as they sat beneath a tree, eating.

Either/Or, passage 629

"Well, maybe they took the ice cream in there to eat it," went on Charley. "Is it open?"

Either/Or, passage 28

"I want one, too," said Freddie quickly, "Come on, Flossie, we'll both go down to the end of the car where the water cooler is."

Either/Or, passage 240

"Maybe he escaped from the circus," suggested Bert, who came out just then to see how his pigeons were getting along.

Either/Or, passage 836

"Are you going, Bert?" asked Nan, as from her room, next to that of her brother, she heard him moving around.

Either/Or, passage 635

Bert and the others advanced. As they walked on they could see the light in the barn more plainly. And, as they stopped for a moment they could hear voices talking in low tones.

Either/Or, passage 2

I. A CIRCUS TRAIN II. SNOOP Is GONE III. A QUEER DOG IV. HOME IN AN AUTO V. SNAP DOES TRICKS VI. DANNY RUGG IS MEAN VII. AT SCHOOL VIII. BERT SEES SOMETHING IX. OFF TO THE WOODS X. A SCARE XI. DANNY'S TRICK XII. THE CHILDREN'S PARTY XIII. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE XIV. A COAT BUTTON XV. THANKSGIVING XVI. MR TETLOW ASKS QUESTIONS XVII. THE FIRST SNOW XVIII. A NIGHT ALARM XIX. WHO WAS SMOKING? XX. A CONFESSION XXI. THE FAT LADY'S LETTER XXII. SNAP AND SNOOP